Apparatus and method

Abstract

A task management unit 21 that manages contents assigned to a task executed by users, a state transition of the task, and the like, a chat management unit 22 that manages message exchange in a chat room associated with the task, contents assigned to the chat, and the like, an information processing unit 23 that performs a predetermined information processing by using task management information and chat management information, and an information presentation unit 24 that presents a result of the information processing to the user are included, and a result of the information processing indicating an execution state of the task and the chat can be presented to the user when execution of the task is completed in cooperation with the chat, thereby providing useful information for improving the task execution to the user.

1 . A cooperation management device for managing a task performed by users and a chat that is a communication means between the users in the task in cooperation with each other, the device comprising:
 a task management unit that manages generation of the task, a person in charge of executing the task, contents assigned to the task, and a state transition from the generation of the task to a start and a completion of the task;   a chat management unit that manages generation of a chat room that is a communication space for performing the chat in association with the task, participants in the chat room, message exchange in the chat room, and contents assigned to the chat;   an information processing unit that performs a predetermined information processing by using one or more pieces of task management information relating to the task managed by the task management unit and one or more pieces of chat management information relating to the chat managed by the chat management unit; and   an information presentation unit that presents a result of the information processing by the information processing unit to the user.   
     
     
         2 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit includes a statistical processing unit that performs a predetermined statistical processing by using the one or more pieces of task management information and the one or more pieces of chat management information, and
 wherein the information presentation unit presents statistical information calculated by the statistical processing unit to a user.   
     
     
         3 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 2 , wherein the information processing unit further includes a tendency analysis unit that uses any combination of the one or more pieces of task management information, the one or more pieces of chat management information, and the statistical information calculated by the statistical processing unit and analyzes a tendency of a relationship between pieces of information related to the combination, and
 wherein the information presentation unit generates tendency information which indicates contents of the tendency detected by the tendency analysis unit and presents to the user the tendency information in place of or in addition to the statistical information.   
     
     
         4 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 3 , wherein the tendency analysis unit uses any combination of the statistical information calculated by the statistical processing unit, analyzes a correlation between pieces of information relating to the combination, and detects a combination of pieces of information having a significant correlation with a correlation coefficient larger than a predetermined value, and
 wherein the information presentation unit generates correlation information indicating contents of the correlation as the tendency information based on the combination of pieces of information having the significant correlation detected by the tendency analysis unit, and presents to the user the correlation information in place of or in addition to the statistical information.   
     
     
         5 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the task generated by the task management unit is completed, the chat management unit generates a new chat room, and the information presentation unit posts the result of the information processing by the information processing unit as a first message to a new chat room. 
     
     
         6 . A cooperation management method for managing a task performed by users and a chat performed between the users in association with the task, in cooperation with each other, in a cooperation management device including: a task management function of managing generation of the task, a person in charge of executing the task, contents assigned to the task, and a state transition from the generation of the task to a start and a completion of the task; and a chat management function of managing generation of a chat room that is a communication space for performing the chat, participants in the chat room, message exchange in the chat room, and contents assigned to the chat, the method comprising:
 performing, by an information processing unit of the cooperation management device, a predetermined information processing by using one or more pieces of task management information relating to the task and one or more pieces of chat management information relating to the chat when the task is completed; and   presenting, by an information presentation unit of the cooperation management device, a result of the information processing by the information processing unit to the user.   
     
     
         7 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 2 , wherein when the task generated by the task management unit is completed, the chat management unit generates a new chat room, and the information presentation unit posts the result of the information processing by the information processing unit as a first message to a new chat room. 
     
     
         8 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 3 , wherein when the task generated by the task management unit is completed, the chat management unit generates a new chat room, and the information presentation unit posts the result of the information processing by the information processing unit as a first message to a new chat room. 
     
     
         9 . The cooperation management device according to  claim 4 , wherein when the task generated by the task management unit is completed, the chat management unit generates a new chat room, and the information presentation unit posts the result of the information processing by the information processing unit as a first message to a new chat room.